The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on six individuals and five entities from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). These persons and companies we desugnated for supporting DPRK ballistic missile and space programs.
As OFAC noted, DPRK ballistic missile are using by Russian to target civilian population centers and infrastructure in Ukraine.
The designated individual and organizations helped Choe Chol Min, a Beijing-based representative of the DPRK’s Second Academy of Natural Sciences (SANS), to purchase a range of goods, including items known to be materials used in the production of DPRK ballistic missiles.
The key facilitator for Choe Chol Min was a Chinese national Shi Qianpei. Shi Qianpei’s employees Du Jiaxin and Wang Dongliang assisted with the procurement efforts. Chen Tianxin, Shi Qianpei’s wife, was involved in his procurement activities for Choe Chol Min. Shi Anhui is Shi Qianpei’s father and has also been involved in aiding DPRK procurement activity.
These individuals used for their procurement network some entities: Beijing Sanshunda Electronics Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Qidong Hengcheng Electronics Factory, Shenzhen City Mean Well Electronics Co., Ltd.
Additionally, OFAC sanctioned another Chinese national – Han Dejian, who is a supplier of metal alloys sheets via his company, Yidatong Tianjin Metal Materials Co., Ltd.
